(1)
"Firearm" means any deadly weapon capable of expelling or propelling one or
more projectiles by the action of an explosive or combustible propellant.
"Firearm" includes an unloaded firearm, and any firearm that is inoperable but
that can readily be rendered operable.

(2)
When determining whether a firearm is capable of expelling or propelling one or
more projectiles by the action of an explosive or combustible propellant, the
trier of fact may rely upon circumstantial evidence, including, but not limited
to, the representations and actions of the individual exercising control over
the firearm.

(1)
Any
firearm that has a short stock and is designed to be held and fired by the use
of a single hand;

(2)
Any
combination of parts from which a firearm of a type described in division
(C)(1) of this section can be assembled.

(D)
"Semi-automatic firearm" means any firearm designed or specially adapted to
fire a single cartridge and automatically chamber a succeeding cartridge ready
to fire, with a single function of the trigger.

(E)
"Automatic firearm" means any firearm designed or specially adapted to fire a
succession of cartridges with a single function of the trigger.

(F)
"Sawed-off firearm" means a shotgun with a barrel less than eighteen inches
long, or a rifle with a barrel less than sixteen inches long, or a shotgun or
rifle less than twenty-six inches long overall.

(2)
Any
device, including without limitation a starter's pistol, that is not designed
as a firearm, but that is specially adapted for use as a firearm;

(3)
Any
industrial tool, signalling device, or safety device, that is not designed as a
firearm, but that as designed is capable of use as such, when possessed,
carried, or used as a firearm.

(H)
"Explosive device" means any device designed or specially adapted to cause
physical harm to persons or property by means of an explosion, and consisting
of an explosive substance or agency and a means to detonate it. "Explosive
device" includes without limitation any bomb, any explosive demolition device,
any blasting cap or detonator containing an explosive charge, and any pressure
vessel that has been knowingly tampered with or arranged so as to
explode.

(I)
"Incendiary
device" means any firebomb, and any device designed or specially adapted to
cause physical harm to persons or property by means of fire, and consisting of
an incendiary substance or agency and a means to ignite it.

(J)
"Ballistic knife" means a knife with a detachable blade that is propelled by a
spring-operated mechanism.

(K)
"Dangerous ordnance" means any of the following, except as provided in division
(L) of this section:

(3)
Nitroglycerin, nitrocellulose, nitrostarch, PETN, cyclonite, TNT, picric acid,
and other high explosives; amatol, tritonal, tetrytol, pentolite, pecretol,
cyclotol, and other high explosive compositions; plastic explosives; dynamite,
blasting gelatin, gelatin dynamite, sensitized ammonium nitrate, liquid-oxygen
blasting explosives, blasting powder, and other blasting agents; and any other
explosive substance having sufficient brisance or power to be particularly
suitable for use as a military explosive, or for use in mining, quarrying,
excavating, or demolitions;

(4)
Any
firearm, rocket launcher, mortar, artillery piece, grenade, mine, bomb,
torpedo, or similar weapon, designed and manufactured for military purposes,
and the ammunition for that weapon;

(1)
Any
firearm, including a military weapon and the ammunition for that weapon, and
regardless of its actual age, that employs a percussion cap or other obsolete
ignition system, or that is designed and safe for use only with black
powder;

(2)
Any pistol,
rifle, or shotgun, designed or suitable for sporting purposes, including a
military weapon as issued or as modified, and the ammunition for that weapon,
unless the firearm is an automatic or sawed-off firearm;

(3)
Any
cannon or other artillery piece that, regardless of its actual age, is of a
type in accepted use prior to 1887, has no mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, or
other system for absorbing recoil and returning the tube into battery without
displacing the carriage, and is designed and safe for use only with black
powder;

(4)
Black
powder, priming quills, and percussion caps possessed and lawfully used to fire
a cannon of a type defined in division (L)(3) of this section during displays,
celebrations, organized matches or shoots, and target practice, and smokeless
and black powder, primers, and percussion caps possessed and lawfully used as a
propellant or ignition device in small-arms or small-arms ammunition;

(5)
Dangerous ordnance that is inoperable or inert and cannot readily be rendered
operable or activated, and that is kept as a trophy, souvenir, curio, or museum
piece.

(6)
Any device
that is expressly excepted from the definition of a destructive device pursuant
to the "Gun Control Act of 1968," 82 Stat. 1213,
18 U.S.C.
921(a)(4), as amended, and
regulations issued under that act.

(M)
"Explosive" means any chemical compound, mixture, or device, the primary or
common purpose of which is to function by explosion. "Explosive" includes all
materials that have been classified as division 1.1, division 1.2, division
1.3, or division 1.4 explosives by the United States department of
transportation in its regulations and includes, but is not limited to,
dynamite, black powder, pellet powders, initiating explosives, blasting caps,
electric blasting caps, safety fuses, fuse igniters, squibs, cordeau detonant
fuses, instantaneous fuses, and igniter cords and igniters. "Explosive" does
not include "fireworks," as defined in section
3743.01 of the Revised Code, or
any substance or material otherwise meeting the definition of explosive set
forth in this section that is manufactured, sold, possessed, transported,
stored, or used in any activity described in section
3743.80 of the Revised Code,
provided the activity is conducted in accordance with all applicable laws,
rules, and regulations, including, but not limited to, the provisions of
section 3743.80 of the Revised Code and
the rules of the fire marshal adopted pursuant to section
3737.82 of the Revised
Code.

(1)
"Concealed handgun license" or "license to carry a concealed handgun" means,
subject to division (N)(2) of this section, a license or temporary emergency
license to carry a concealed handgun issued under section
2923.125 or
2923.1213 of the Revised Code or
a license to carry a concealed handgun issued by another state with which the
attorney general has entered into a reciprocity agreement under section
109.69 of the Revised
Code.

(2)
A reference
in any provision of the Revised Code to a concealed handgun license issued
under section 2923.125 of the Revised Code or
a license to carry a concealed handgun issued under section
2923.125 of the Revised Code
means only a license of the type that is specified in that section. A reference
in any provision of the Revised Code to a concealed handgun license issued
under section 2923.1213 of the Revised Code, a
license to carry a concealed handgun issued under section
2923.1213 of the Revised Code,
or a license to carry a concealed handgun on a temporary emergency basis means
only a license of the type that is specified in section
2923.1213 of the Revised Code. A
reference in any provision of the Revised Code to a concealed handgun license
issued by another state or a license to carry a concealed handgun issued by
another state means only a license issued by another state with which the
attorney general has entered into a reciprocity agreement under section
109.69 of the Revised
Code.

(O)
"Valid
concealed handgun license" or "valid license to carry a concealed handgun"
means a concealed handgun license that is currently valid, that is not under a
suspension under division (A)(1) of section
2923.128 of the Revised Code,
under section 2923.1213 of the Revised Code,
or under a suspension provision of the state other than this state in which the
license was issued, and that has not been revoked under division (B)(1) of
section 2923.128 of the Revised Code,
under section 2923.1213 of the Revised Code,
or under a revocation provision of the state other than this state in which the
license was issued.

(P)
"Misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for a term
exceeding one year" does not include any of the following:

(1)
Any federal or state offense pertaining to antitrust
violations, unfair trade practices, restraints of trade, or other similar
offenses relating to the regulation of business practices;

(2)
Any misdemeanor offense punishable by a term of
imprisonment of two years or less.

(Q)
"Alien registration number" means the number issued by
the United States citizenship and immigration services agency that is located
on the alien's permanent resident card and may also be commonly referred to as
the "USCIS number" or the "alien number."